Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common across the Sahel, very common across central Sudan and common in central Yemen (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory distribution

Country/Territory

Occurrence status

Presence

Breeding

Non-breeding

Passage

Resident

Bahrain

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Burkina Faso

Native

Extant

Yes

Cameroon

Native

Extant

Yes

Chad

Native

Extant

Yes

Djibouti

Native

Extant

Yes

Egypt

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Eritrea

Native

Extant

Yes

Ethiopia

Native

Extant

Yes

Guinea-Bissau

Native

Extant

Yes

Israel

Native

Extant

Yes

Jordan

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Kuwait

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Mali

Native

Extant

Yes

Mauritania

Native

Extant

Yes

Niger

Native

Extant

Yes

Nigeria

Native

Extant

Yes

Oman

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Qatar

Native

Extant

Yes

Yes

Saudi Arabia

Native

Extant

Yes

Senegal

Native

Extant

Yes

Somalia

Native

Extant

Yes

Sudan

Native

Extant

Yes

United Arab Emirates

Vagrant

Extant

Yes

Yemen

Native

Extant

Yes

Important Bird Areas where this species has triggered the IBA criteria

Country/Territory

IBA Name

IBA link

Burkina Faso

Béli River

Burkina Faso

Lake Oursi - Lake Darkoye

Cameroon

Kalamaloué National Park

Cameroon

Lake Maga

Cameroon

Logone flood-plain

Cameroon

Waza National Park

Chad

Fada Archei

Chad

Lake Chad

Chad

Ouadi Rimé - Ouadi Achim

Djibouti

Dôda

Djibouti

Forêt de Day

Djibouti

Mabla

Eritrea

Central Plateau (Keren)

Eritrea

Danakil lowlands

Eritrea

Dehalak Archipelago and offshore islands

Eritrea

Ghinda

Eritrea

Gulf of Zula

Eritrea

Mareb escarpment

Eritrea

Massawa coast

Eritrea

Western Plain: Barka river

Eritrea

Western Plain: Gash - Setit

Mali

Ag Oua - Ag Arbech

Mali

Falaise de Bandiagara

Mali

Lac Débo - Lac Oualado Débo

Mali

Lac Fati

Mali

Lac Télé

Mali

Tombouctou

Mauritania

Aftout es Sâheli

Mauritania

Arâguîb el Jahfa

Mauritania

Diawling National Park

Mauritania

Ibi (Graret el Frass)

Mauritania

Wad Initi

Mauritania

Wagchogda

Niger

'W' National Park

Niger

Dallol Boboye

Niger

Dilia de Lagané

Niger

Makalondi district

Niger

NNR Aïr - Ténéré

Nigeria

Chad Basin National Park: Chingurmi - Duguma Sector

Nigeria

Hadejia-Nguru wetlands

Nigeria

Sambisa Game Reserve

Saudi Arabia

Al-Habrow al-Arabi

Senegal

Djoudj wetlands

Senegal

Ferlo North

Senegal

Ferlo South

Senegal

Guembeul Avifaunal Reserve and St Louis lagoons

Senegal

Ndiaël basin (including the 'Trois Marigots')

Senegal

River Sénégal (Ntiagar to Richard-Toll)

Sudan

En Nahud

Sudan

Jebel Marra

Sudan

Lake Kundi

Sudan

Um Badr lake

Yemen

Al-Kadan area

Yemen

Al-Murah

Yemen

Wadi Mawr - Al-Zuhrah

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)

Habitat (level 2)

Importance

Occurrence

Desert

Hot

suitable

resident

Forest

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

suitable

resident

Savanna

Dry

major

resident

Shrubland

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

major

resident

Altitude

0 - 1500 m

Occasional altitudinal limits

(max) 1600 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2015) Species factsheet: Cercotrichas podobe. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/08/2015.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2015) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/08/2015.

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000)
Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004)
Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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